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 Simply Awesome, totally recommended December 9, 2008
This book is awesome, I am halfway through and I can't put it down. Step by step instructions from start to finish just work so well. It is assumed that you have a little photoshop knowledge already so maybe not quite suitable for someone who has never opened CS3 before but I'd not used much in CS3 at all.
I totally recommend this book to anyone who wants to improve their digital photos.
RedBull ofr Photoshop CS3 October 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the second Photoshop CS3 book I have purchase by Scott Kelby
I bought the 7 point system for Adobe Photoshop CS3 on the strength of how good the previous Adobe Photoshop CS3 Book for Digital Photographers.
The thing about this book it makes you want to take better photos. Whether you have a top of the range SLR or a point and shoot this step by step guides to creating great photos is so addictive.
This book drums into you head the steps you need to create great photos.
For me it made me look through the view finder in a different way, Now I know how to make my pictures look better in Photoshop CS3 I want better results from my camera and that means changing the way it look at the shots I am taking.
If you want to create great photos and maybe change the way you take photos then this book is for you.
Be warned it will wet your appetite for better photos.!!
 Useless for beginners September 14, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
I purchased this book when i bought CS3 (moving up from CS2). I have dabbled in Photoshop and was keen to learn how to really do something great with my pictures, and Kelbys book appeared to offer the solution...a concise system that is easy to learn.
Problem is, the book assumes you know how to use CS3 and offers no guidance at all as to which files to open, where to click, which menu's to use. It does little more than literally say; "open your picture with tool x and adjust it, then move on to step 2". This assumes you even know where tool x is located, and how to adjust it.
This book is definitely not for anyone new to CS3, it does not provide step by step instructions. Basically, the only time i will be able to use this is when i get seriously into Photoshop CS3 (which was what i bought this book to avoid having to do). Bottom line, the system appears to assume you know where the tools are and how to use them, but have never stripped down your approach or sequenced the tips like Kelby is suggesting. This places the book way beyond the novice photoshopper.
Beyond that, the book fails to address basic questions, such as: If you want me to open your images in CS3 Camera Raw (even though i have no idea how to do that) do i need to use a plug in for the Nikon camera you took the photo's with? (told you i'm unfamiliar with CS3).
So you can see the problem. This book is probably great for someone who knows this software really really well. For the average joe, forget it, you are wasting your money - which is a shame because the concept is sound. It just falls apart on the lack of detail in execution.
Kelby, if you read this, sorry to sound so harsh, but your book lost me completely. The style and intention is great, the instructions are just too vague, and assume way too much knowledge.
At last a structured approach!! September 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
With so many different ways to edit your photographs in photoshop it can get confusing. Not only do you learn some good stuff from all the books out there but if your like me and you don't use it for a while you forget what you have done. At last Scott Kelby has come up with a book that gives you some structure in what to do and when in editing your photos.
The sessions are repetitive but as Scotts says this is how you remember what to do. You get a link in the book that lets you download and work on the same images that Scott does in the book which is a great bonus.
If you are a photographer and what a book that is relevant to how to edit your photos in a logical and easy way then this is the book for you.
Richie
Buy this one! August 3, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you`re like me, attention span of a newt, then this is the book for you!
I`ve got SO many books over the years about Photoshop and whilst i`ll get to about the 2nd chapter i get fed up and move on. Unless, that is, a book comes along that is superbly written and incredibly easy to follow, packed full of useful REAL LIFE information that you will and can ACTUALLY use....this is that book.
Its just an awesome piece of writing.
Simplicity its its key to success. You just follow the simple instructions, repeat, practice and tadaah!! You`ve got it!
Maybe this has just set a standard that other books should follow.....in my eyes it certainly has!
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